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` UNITED STATES4 CHARLES ANDERSON, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, ASSIGNOB TOTHE BEND IRONVORKS, OF SAME PLACE. Y

PATENT OFFICE.

SOUTH PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,906, dated April29, 1884. Application filed February 14, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHAR-Lies ANDERSON,

of South Bend, inthe county of St. Josephand State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Plows; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in plows, the object being toprovide an improved construction of standard and landside, whereby thelatter may be readily renewed at its point when unduly worn, and may besecured to the standard without weakening either the standard or pointof the landside.

A further object is to provide a plow constructed to receive areversible point, with a solid share having a slip-nose shank weldedthereto and adapted to engage the socket or recess in the nose of thestandard.

A further vobj ect is to provide improved handle and mold-board braces.l

With these several ends in view my invention consists in certainfeatures of construction and combinations of parts, as will be herein-'after described, and pointed out inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of theunder side of the plow, taken from the rear. Fig. 2 is abottom planview. Fig. 3 is a 'detached view of the reversible point andspring-actuated lockinglever. Fig. 4 is a partial view-of thelockinglever and sprin g on the side which rests against the standard.Fig. 5 is a'` detached view of the reversible point and a portion of thelocking-lever in side elevation. Fig. 6 is a ydetached view of amodified form of point. Fig. 7 is a view of the reversible wing. Fig. 8is aview of the point and wing in position. Fig. 9 is a view of thelower portion of the moldboard and standard, the point and wing be-ving-removed. Fig. 10 is a view of the wedgeshaped bearing-plate. Fig.11is a detached outside view ofthe solid share. Fig. 12 is a bottom viewof the solid share and slip-nose shank. Fig. 13 is a top plan view ofthe solid share and slip-nose shank. Fig. 14is atransV verse sectionalview through mold-board, solid 5o share, wedge-shaped bearing-plate,anda portion of the standard.` Fig. 15 is a view in side elevation of thetwo sections of the landside in position.` Fig. 16 represents the lessersection of the `landside enlarged, showing dovetail projection.

Fig. 17 represents the-lower extremity of thestandard provided with thedovetail cut. Fig. 18 is a section on line x x of Fig. 16. Fig. 19 is aview'in perspective taken from the rear of the plow, the landside andpoint being removed. Fig. 20 is a view in perspective of the sectionallandside, and Fig. 21'is a similar view of the point.

A represents the standard, and B the moldboard. The foot of the standardis provided with the seat a for a reversible wing, and the noseof thestandard with the recess b and upper and lower recessed seats b b forthe reversible point, as shown and described in Letters Patent No. 275,97 2, granted to myself and J. Oliver, April 17, 1883, and N0.277,185, granted to me May 8, 1883. When separate and reversible wingsand points are employed,

as set forth in the patent referred to, a joint is of necessity formedat the adjacent or uniting edges of the point and win g, and inprairieplowing the surface composed of the wing and point will not scoursatisfactorily, owing to the joint formed at their junction.

In order to adapt this plow to prairie-plowing as well as other kinds, Ihave constructed a solid share, C, having `a continuous and unbrokenupper surface, which renders it especially adapted to prairie-plowing.To the under side of the point of the share is welded a slip-nose shank,c, which iits within the recess b on the under side of the nose ofthestandard, and -thus securely retains the nose of the share againstdisplacement. Between the share and the seat a on the standard is placeda wedge-shaped plate, D, which serves to level the share up with themold-board and offera substantial bearing to the rear edge of the share.plate is provided with the perforated arms 4d Through the arm d isinserted a bolt, e, which passes through the rear end of the share. rearedge of the standard, and .by means of a bolt, e', passing through saidarm, the standard, lower end of the brace E, and the mold- The rear-endof the wedge-shapedA The arm clisbent ^so as to overlap the IOO board,the several parts are firmly secured toget-her.

By means of the construction and arrangement of parts described I amenabled to use a solid share having an unbroken and continuous upper orwearing surface adapted for prairie-plowing, and thus adapting myiniproved plow to a much larger scope of work, and thereby rendering itdesirable and valuable as a general-purpose plow.

Another important feature of my improvement relates to the landside ofthe plow. It is important that the landside shall be continuous from thepoint to the heel of the landside of the plow, in order that a completescouring-surface may be exposed to wear, and that it shall be soconstructed that it will easily shed the dirt; also, that the landsidemay be readily replaced when worn out; and, further, that the landsidebe of such construction that it will not be liable to breakage ordisplacement while in use.

In plows of the type using a reversing slipnose point, it is absolutelynecessary that the standard shall have retained therein the greatestpossible strength to admit of the successful employment of a reversibleslip-nose, and it is impossible to bolt the forward end of a landside tothe nose of a standard in the type of plow in question withoutmaterially weakening both the landside and standard by the formation ofbolt-holes in said parts. To insure sufficient strength to the standardit is necessary that the forward end of the landside shall b e as thinas possible, in order to obviate the necessity for cutting away thestandard for its reception and attachment. It is necessary to provide alandside that may be renewed its entire length,to insure an even surfacethat will scour perfectly.

To provide for the several contingencies noted and insure a perfectworking landside and proper strength to the several parts, I constructthe standard with an undercut or dovetail wedge-shaped recess, F, in itsforward end. The landside is made in two sections, G G. Section G is ashort plate having a dovetail or undercut wedge or projection, g, on itsinner side. The wedge or projection g is tted into the recess I*l andthen forced forward, thereby securing it in place. Section G of thelandside is then bolted in place, and as its forward end abuts againstthe rear end of the short section G, the latteris securely reta-inedagainst displacement. By securing the short section to the standard bythe dovctail connection, the standard is strengthened and supported,instead of being weakened, as it would be were bolts employed forfastening the landside to the nose of the standard. Again, the landsideis rendered readily detachable, and either portion thereof may berenewed when unduly worn.

The mold-board brace E is constructed with an arm, t', which is securedto the mold-board and standard, and with a lug, fz", secured to thelandside. The horizontal seat I of the brace is constructed with a broadseat, j, having a flange, j, on one edge. The handlebrace consists of aU-shapcd piece having its side pieces each constructed with a ange, K,which ts against the lower end of thc handle, the latter being securedin place by the bolts Z Z. The handle on the mold-board side is securedto the bracket M, attached to the mold-board. Bracket M is bent to forma central bearing, m, which is seated against the inner side of themold-board, and is secured thereto by the bolt M. The upper arm of thebracket is provided with a bolt-hole, through which a bolt is insertedthat extends through the handle. The lower arm of the bracket isprovided with a teat, a, which engages the handles and prevents thebracket from turning. By this construction of bracket I am enabled toobtain two bearing-points -on the handle and firmly secure it in place.Brace E is secured in place when the plow is set up at the works, andthe handle-brace is also secured in place when the handles are puttogether and the plows are completely set up; but when the plows areshipped in what is known as a knockdown7 condition, the handle-brace,with its handles, is not attached until the plow is set up, and owing tothe simplicity of the attachment no skilled labor is required inproperly securing the parts together. f

As it is evident that many slight changes in the construction andrelative arrangement of parts might be resorted to without departingfrom the spirit of my invention, I would have it understood that I donot restrict myself to the exact construction and arrangement of partsshown and described; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a plow-standard provided with ya dovetailrecess in its nose portion, of a sectional landside, the front sectionbeing provided with a dovetail projection that fits within thecorrespondingly-shaped recess in the nose of the standard, substantiallyas set forth.

2. The combination, with a plow-standard having an opening in its noseportion adapted to receive a reversible plow-point, of a solid sharehaving a slip-nose shank on its under side constructed to fit into saidopening in the nose of the standard, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a plow-standard and mold-board, said standardconstructed to allow of a reversible wing and point being appliedthereto, of a solid share provided with a projection on its under sideadapted to fit into the opening in the nose portion of the standard,substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the standard and mold-board, of the solid shareand wedgeshaped plate secured between the standard and share,substantially as set forth.

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5. The combination, with the mold-board and'standard, of the solid shareand the Wedgeshaped plate, the latter being provided with two perforatedarms at its rear ends,and bolts 5 for securing the arms to the share andstandard, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, `With the mold-board brace, of a handle-brace madeinasingle piece and detachably secured to the moldboard 1o brace, saidhandle-brace being constructed with flanged arms to which the ends ofthe handles are bolted, substantially as set forth. 7. The combination,-With the handlebrace, to which the ends of the handles are secured,

engages the handle, substantially as set forth. 2o i In ltestimonyTwhereof I have signed this specication in the presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

F. C. N IPPoLD, H. B. SMITH.

